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doc#146 | accident could that be"? </p><p> Nearing home, | he | jerked to attention at the distant crack |
doc#146 | He tightened up in a twinkling. So far as | he | knew, only his father could be there. What |
doc#146 | did it mean? Clapping spurs to the bronc | he | set off at a sharp canter, with growing |
doc#146 | Setting a course straight for the house, | he | was covering ground fast when an angry |
doc#146 | aside into a depression. He knew now what | he | was up against. Whoever was out there hiding |
doc#146 | , was determined to drive him off before | he | could get into the fight. </p><p> Cursing |
doc#146 | drew his Colt and examined it briefly. If | he | wondered whether the attackers would allow |
doc#146 | would allow him to pull away unmolested, | he | had his answer a moment later. </p><p> "Over |
doc#146 | depression led toward a draw. Leading his pony, | he | hurried that way, not remounting till he |
doc#146 | he hurried that way, not remounting till | he | was well below the level of the surrounding |
doc#146 | then, and bending forward over the horn, | he | urged his mount down the meandering draw |
doc#146 | . A second twitched his shirtsleeve, and | he | felt a brief burn on his upper arm. Another |
doc#146 | the winding draw. The long minute before | he | reached effective cover seemed endless. |
doc#146 | seemed endless. Sweeping a look around, | he | saw that he was safe for the moment. He |
doc#146 | endless. Sweeping a look around, he saw that | he | was safe for the moment. He heard cries |
doc#146 | moment. He heard cries from behind him, but | he | could make out no words. </p><p> He dashed |
doc#146 | bronc sidewise into an intersecting draw, | he | plunged forward with undiminished speed |
doc#146 | upward, forcing him toward open range. Yet | he | must chance it. He clambered out of the |
doc#147 | His face was dark as the sky above it as | he | stood on the wing and waited for his pilot |
doc#147 | Greg climbed into the cockpit feeling as if | he | had never been in one before. But his hands |